Enrollment Trends at Shawnee State

The student population at Shawnee State University is 3,231 (2,994 undergraduate and 237 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 650 (16.75%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Shawnee State is 92.66% which is decreased by 735 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 85 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 69 male students for every 100 female students, down from 76 in 2015.
570 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 2,750.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,456 where 3,231 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 3,881 students in 2016 and was lowest at 3,206 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,881 to 3,231 students, a net loss of 650 (16.7%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Shawnee State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,881	3,729	1,636	2,093	152	46	106
2016-17	3,772 -109	3,603 -126	1,655 19	1,948 -145	169 17	40 -6	129 23
2017-18	3,582 -190	3,406 -197	1,554 -101	1,852 -96	176 7	43 3	133 4
2018-19	3,253 -329	3,097 -309	1,405 -149	1,692 -160	156 -20	29 -14	127 -6
2019-20	3,641 388	3,466 369	1,545 140	1,921 229	175 19	36 7	139 12
2020-21	3,485 -156	3,304 -162	1,442 -103	1,862 -59	181 6	49 13	132 -7
2021-22	3,216 -269	3,025 -279	1,300 -142	1,725 -137	191 10	58 9	133 1
2022-23	3,297 81	3,091 66	1,285 -15	1,806 81	206 15	72 14	134 1
2023-24	3,206 -91	2,982 -109	1,245 -40	1,737 -69	224 18	84 12	140 6
2024-25	3,231 25	2,994 12	1,256 11	1,738 1	237 13	61 -23	176 36
Average	3,456	3,270	1,432	1,837	187	52	135

Shawnee State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,270 where 2,994 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Shawnee State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,729	3,091	1,412	1,679	638	224	414
2016-17	3,603	3,036	1,431	1,605	567	224	343
2017-18	3,406	2,832	1,355	1,477	574	199	375
2018-19	3,097	2,571	1,212	1,359	526	193	333
2019-20	3,466	2,717	1,260	1,457	749	285	464
2020-21	3,304	2,521	1,162	1,359	783	280	503
2021-22	3,025	2,163	982	1,181	862	318	544
2022-23	3,091	2,119	919	1,200	972	366	606
2023-24	2,982	2,027	875	1,152	955	370	585
2024-25	2,994	1,971	848	1,123	1,023	408	615
Average	3,270	3,270	1,146	1,359	3,270	287	478

Shawnee State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 187 where 237 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Shawnee State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	152	114	33	81	38	13	25
2016-17	169	116	24	92	53	16	37
2017-18	176	106	19	87	70	24	46
2018-19	156	109	13	96	47	16	31
2019-20	175	100	14	86	75	22	53
2020-21	181	88	20	68	93	29	64
2021-22	191	87	23	64	104	35	69
2022-23	206	75	16	59	131	56	75
2023-24	224	87	22	65	137	62	75
2024-25	237	105	20	85	132	41	91
Average	187	187	20	78	187	31	57

Shawnee State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 56.58%. The percentage was 84.72% 10 years ago and Shawnee State still has a high percentage of white students. 0.59% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.06% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 0.22% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 84.72% to 56.58%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.57% to 0.59%. Black student enrollment decreased from 5.10% to 3.06%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 0.62% to 0.22%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6786 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.2791 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Shawnee State University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	35	22	198	24	6	3,288	72
2016-17	28	21	205	28	4	3,193	88
2017-18	23	28	170	25	5	3,039	84
2018-19	13	26	143	26	4	2,765	79
2019-20	16	32	149	25	3	3,033	88
2020-21	17	21	118	13	3	2,911	68
2021-22	18	21	122	7	1	2,251	37
2022-23	12	14	62	0	2	1,479	0
2023-24	33	23	99	3	474	1,390	41
2024-25	29	19	99	7	1	1,828	48
Average	22	23	137	16	50	2,518	61

Shawnee State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

570 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 18% of total students. The number of online students has increased 2,750.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Shawnee State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,881	20	190	3,671
2016-17	3,772	18	1,060	2,694
2017-18	3,582	21	357	3,204
2018-19	3,253	37	539	2,677
2019-20	3,641	66	1,154	2,421
2020-21	3,485	219	1,252	2,014
2021-22	3,216	387	1,852	977
2022-23	3,297	408	1,928	961
2023-24	3,206	575	1,455	1,176
2024-25	3,231	570	1,512	1,149
Average	3,456	232	1,130	2,094

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Enrollment Trends at Shawnee State

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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